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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Excel4apps

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AExcel4apps is a business intelligence software offering from Excel4apps.N/A

    Salesforce CRM Analytics

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce CRM Analytics (formerly Tableau CRM) is a cloud-based business intelligence solutions and analytics software. It provides users with automated data discovery, CRM-connected analytics, top-down views of data, augmented analytics, predictive insights, and customizable data visualization tools.

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    Excel4appsSalesforce CRM Analytics
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    Excel4appsSalesforce CRM Analytics
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Excel4appsSalesforce CRM Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Excel4apps
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    63%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Excel4appsSalesforce CRM Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Excel4apps and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.5
    46 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports5.43 Ratings8.639 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards6.13 Ratings7.646 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.44 Ratings9.244 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Excel4apps and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.0
    47 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Drill-down analysis7.54 Ratings7.646 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities9.24 Ratings8.446 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages6.52 Ratings6.835 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.14 Ratings9.044 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Excel4apps and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.5
    45 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Publish to Web6.73 Ratings9.335 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.22 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Report Versioning5.83 Ratings8.541 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling6.23 Ratings8.038 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers5.02 Ratings7.732 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Excel4apps and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    6.7
    2 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.3
    43 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.02 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.02 Ratings8.938 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.02 Ratings7.540 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Excel4apps and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.4
    46 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.03 Ratings8.644 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.02 Ratings8.144 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.23 Ratings8.140 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)7.22 Ratings8.639 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Excel4apps and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    6.6
    43 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.01 Ratings7.341 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.01 Ratings6.032 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile6.01 Ratings7.237 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Excel4apps and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Excel4apps
    3.4
    2 Ratings
    78% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.3
    31 Ratings
    7% below category average
    REST API1.01 Ratings7.429 Ratings
    Javascript API5.72 Ratings7.927 Ratings
    iFrames1.01 Ratings6.923 Ratings
    Java API5.92 Ratings7.926 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)2.01 Ratings8.526 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)5.01 Ratings5.125 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Excel4appsSalesforce CRM Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (47 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (41 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (41 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Excel4appsSalesforce CRM Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Excel4apps
    We have to calculate most all Lab / Pilot / Proposals sizing and results. The automated calculations in [Excel4apps] is awesome, as once you are familiar with them, it is easy to quickly implement them when needed.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce CRM Analytics has amazing user interface and very responsive customer services providers.
    The product has brilliant artificial intelligence systems that enhance its usability.
    Software integration with other tools is perfect.
    Ease in setting up and availability of unlimited tutorials and demos.
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    Pros
    Excel4apps
    • Easy to install and maintain. After the initial installation, there is little involvement by the technical administrators.
    • Cloning production to a test environment does not require any additional setups unlike Oracle EBS which does.
    • Loading data and reporting on this data is handled via EXCEL spreadsheets which is the "language" of our financial users.
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    Salesforce
    • Interactive Dashboards, it [consists] of wide variety of charts
    • Data from different sources can be easily integrated with it
    • Security, it provides easy way to secure and share the information with the users
    • Support actions like opening hyperlink etc
    • Almost everything can be done from configuration
    • Data can easily be managed from dataflow.
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    Cons
    Excel4apps
    • It is possible but difficult to retrieve data or set criteria from different module into a single report or retrieve. If it is more user friendly instead of having to create a complex formula to retrieve the data, this function will be utilized more often.
    • It will be nice to have visual (graphs, etc.) report template available
    • It is helpful if we can retrieve data for a range of date, instead of just YTD, PTD etc. and multi-year data all at once for comparison too.
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    Salesforce
    • Implementation takes time and resources. It is a heavy lift to implement and at first, it can take a little bit of time to understand what you are looking at. But once it's implemented it's easy to get started.
    • Without any BI expertise or resources available to your organization, the implementation of this is difficult. If you aren't used to BI tools and don't have an expert in house, the terminology can be difficult to understand at first.
    • Their support is not on hand to help you if you encounter any issues, at least not on all the plans or the basic plans. Real-time support service is an add-on, so you'll need to be patient if you require help or pay extra money.
    • More functionality for the tool is needed to compete with other heavyweights in the arena like Tableau, Qlik, and Microstrategy. Still lacks the robustness, functionality, and flexibility other competing products possess.
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    Usability
    Excel4apps
    I am not a power user of Excel. So I find Exel4apps a friendlier version of the things that I could do on Excel and making it easier with a magic wand.
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    Salesforce
    For someone who don't have coding background, this could be a useful tool and fairly easy to learn and use given the good support. However, if you know other open source tools, it would be much easier to use the other tools and the knowledge is more transferable in the future.
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    Support Rating
    Excel4apps
    I have not needed support yet
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    Salesforce
    I was not able to be in interaction much with Salesforce support team since every feature works the way it should be working. So far I have not experienced any bug or major glitches that would delay the result of my work and performance. There is also a hotline in our company for Salesforce issue but so far I have not used it.
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    Implementation Rating
    Excel4apps
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    An implementation partner would certainly result in greater output in a more efficient amount of time. However, I have found implementation partners to be extremely expensive for the output received (at least working for a non-profit company they are frequently unaffordable). Internal implementation does help with usable output though since internal knowledge would better know the data architecture and business processes
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    Alternatives Considered
    Excel4apps
    Excel4apps is more user friendly and can retrieve data much easier and in a nicer format than Jaspersoft. Qlik Sense is useful and have more visual reporting and dashboard. However, it is usually used for higher level of analyses and review. Yardi is used for specific purpose, which is different than Excel4apps. Excel4apps can pull all the financial data from Oracle, including billing and collections.
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    Salesforce
    Tableau is the absolute top of the class when it comes to business intelligence, but it doesn't make sense for every business case. In our case, we needed a simple data visualization platform for our CRM platform and sales pipeline. Salesforce Analytics, while nowhere near as robust, did the job we needed it to do perfectly in a significantly more cost-effective manner.
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    Return on Investment
    Excel4apps
    • Increase team transparency
    • Increased reporting
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    Salesforce
    • Sales CRM analytics enable us to conduct correlation analytics and real-time performance metrics.
    • Use of the product enabled us to drive more revenue by the help of actionable insights leading to informed decisions making.
    • The software has made it possible for us to automate administrative tasks and improve performance.
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